Combined photographic camera and distance meter



1936- H. KUPPENBENDER 2,065,335

COMBINED PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA AND DISTANCE METER Filed March 1, 1934 Patented Dec. 22, 1936 commmn Heinz Kiippenbender,

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with photographic cameras with slotted shutter the housing of a distance meter, especially a basis distance meter, is difllcult for the reason that the shutter occupies nearly the entire breadth I of the camera whereby placing the peeping axis of the distance meter into the space enclosed by the shutter is prevented. One is, therefore, generally compelled to arrange the distance meter above the slotted shutter which entails a disagreeable broadening of the camera casing. Also with cameras in which the rear wall can be completely detached, looking through is not possible without particular provisions, as the necessity arises to make an opening in the rear wall and, perhaps. to support a part of the optical viewing system in said wall itself. Both contrivances are disadvantageous. 7

Now, in order'to utilise the space existing in most cases in front of the curtain, the distance meter itself, is, according to this invention, ar-

ranged in said space, but the rays passing from the semi-transparent silvered mirror of the distance meter into the eye of the observer are deflected by optical means, for instance by prisms, in such amanner that the view aperture of the distance meter gets located over the slotted shutter, or over the casing of the camera respectively. In this way the entire distance meter is located hidden in the came and solely a small cap 80 bearing a part of the deflecting members projects forth from the casing of the camera. This projecting cap need not be higher than the buttons projecting forth from said casing on the same side and serving for the actuation of the film 35 feeding means and for tensioning the shutter spring. Controlling the distance meter arranged in' that manner can be effected in known manner by the props'of the camera.

The improved arrangement presents, first of 40 all, the advantage that the object to be photographed can be viewed from the rear side of the camera.

The invention is illustrated diagrammatically and by way of example on the accompanying #5 drawing on which Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section through the camera.

Fig. 2 is a section similar to Fig. l, the lens being drawn out. so pig. 8 is a part of l'ig- 1.

vertical section on line III-III 0n the drawing, l and 2 (m. 1) denote the mirrors which are arranged in the space 4 containing also the slotted shutter 3. The mirror 55 i is semi-transparent and silvered; it is movable March 1, 1934, Serial Germany May 28, 19

and spring-actuated (9, Fig. 1, denotes the spring) and operated by the intermediary of the camera props i0 (shown in dotted lines in Figs.

1 and 2) when the camera is adjusted. The deflection of the rays from the mirror i is effected 5 in this example by two prisms t and 1 (Figs. 1 and 3) retracting the rays twi each time by 90. A cap I provided on the casing H of the camera serves for the protection of the prism 'i.

The means for adjusting the mirror are as 10 followsz- If the camera is adjusted to" "indeflni the mirror i and its carrier l4 pivotable around bolt ii are in the position shown in Fig. l. The pin 5 on prop i0 bears then against the straight edge 16 of the carrier II. If the camera is adjusted to a closer object, i. e. if the lens is removed from the mirror carrier carrier and with the same the mirror is oscillated and the measuring ray deflected.

I claim:

1. In a photographic camera in combination with. the camera casing the lens and the lens 25 props, said casing having two apertures in its front wall one on each side of the lens and an aperture in its top wall, a distance meter in said casing, comprising a semi-transparent mirror behind one of said apertures in the front wall of the casins. an oscillatably mounted spring controlled carrier of said semi-transparent mirror adapted to be oscillated from the corresponding prop of the lens when said carrier is being adjusted, a fixed mirror arranged behind the other of the apertures in the front wall of thecasing and adapted to reflect the beamof light from its aperture onto said semi-transparent mirror, a prism in the axis of and behind said semi-transparent mirror adapted to project the rays from said semi-transparent mirror through the' aperture in the top wallof said casing, and a prism above the aperture in the top wall of the camera. v

2. In a photographic camera in combination with the camera casing the lens and the lens props, said casing having two apertures in its front wall one on each side of the lens and an aperture in its top wall, a distance meter in said v casing, comprising a semi-transparent mirror behind one of said apertures in the front wall of the casing, an cscillatably mounted spring controlled carrier of said semi-transparent mirror adapted to be oscillated from the corresponding prop ofthe lens when said carrier is being adjusted,

a. fixed min-or arranzed behind the other or the apertures 1n the front wall of the casing and adapted to reflect the beam 01 113111: from its aperture on to said eemitransperent mirror. a prism 1n the axis of and behind said semi-transparent mirror adapted to project the rays from said semi-ht mirror through the aperturein the top wall orealdemn eeecondnrinn abovetheeperturelnthetopnllotthecemere adapted to deflect the rays deflected by said first prism towards the rear of the camera, and e caponthetopwallotthecamereedaptedto I protect said second prism. 

